Medical Services in New Zealand and The Pacific

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General Index

Abdominal injuries, 75
Accidental injuries, 79, 86
Accommodation for Home Defence Force, 282, 283
Accommodation in naval ships, 173, 174
Achilles, HMS, 162, 165, 167, 169, 171, 173, 187, 188, 197
Adjutant-General, 269, 270, 271, 275, 276, 280, 332, 335, 372, 378, 384, 400
Administration of Medical Services, 2 NZEF (IP), 70
Administration in NZ, 243, 244, 245
Admiralty Is., 63, 223
Admissions to hospital, Pacific, 91, 92
ADMS (Air), 204, 244, 258, 331
ADMS (Army), 13, 14, 243
ADMS, Fiji, 12
ADMS, New Caledonia, 24 ff.
ADS, Stirling I., 50, 51, 54, 55
ADS, Vella Lavella, 42
Advisory Committee on medical resources in NZ, 354
Age limit for service overseas (nurses), 367
Age of troops in Pacific Force, 79
Air evacuation of PWs from Crete, 112
Air Force—

Administration, medical, 203, 204, 224, 225
ADMS (Air), 204, 244, 258, 331
Aerodrome Construction Unit in Malaya, 221, 222
Aircraft accidents, 228
Aircrew, annual examination of, 210
Aircrew selection, 225, 226
Aircrew wastage, 211, 229, 230, 231
Air operations in Pacific, 223, 224
Air training in Canada, 205, 211, 213
Air transport in Pacific zone, 223
Bomber Squadrons (9 and 3), 223
Casualties, Malayan aerodrome unit, 222
Causes of medical repatriation in Pacific Air Force, 238, 239
Convalescent Depots, 218
Deaths in Pacific area, 235
Diseases causing disability, 220, 221
Enemy aircraft shot down in Pacific, 223
Evacuation of sick and wounded from Pacific, 228
Fiji-Tonga-Norfolk area, 205, 225
Ground staff in Pacific area, 323, 324
Health of force, 220, 235
Honours and awards, Medical Services, 239
Hospitals and Convalescent Depots, 217, 227
Hospital in Fiji, 227
Hospitals in Pacific, 227, 228
Hygiene and sanitation in camps, 231, 232
Hygiene and sanitation personnel, 208
Incidence of sickness in Pacific, 236, 237, 238
Injuries causing disability, 221
Length of service of medical officers, 206
Malaria, control of, 232, 233, 234
Malaria, incidence of infection, 232, 233, 234, 235
Malaria in Pacific zone, 232, 233, 234
Malaria, treatment of, 233, 234
Medical administration, 203, 224, 225
Medical Boards, 209, 210, 238
Medical care of flying personnel, 229, 230, 231
Medical documents, 225
Medical equipment with nurses' units, 226, 227
Medical examination of recruits, 209
Medical Investigation Unit, 211, 212, 213
Medical officers' interviews of aircrew, 213, 214
Medical orderlies, 207
Medical selectors of personnel for overseas service, 225, 226
Medical services with Air Force in Pacific, 222, 223
Medical staffing of, 205
Medical stores and staff of, 208, 209
Medical teams with overseas units, 226
Mosquito control in Pacific, 232, 233, 234
Non-effective rate, 235
Nurses in, 206
Occupation and pilot success, 215, 216
Operational squadrons in Pacific, 223
Organisation of Air Force in Pacific, 223, 224, 225
Percentage of aircrew fit for service, 209
Personnel serving in Pacific, 222–4
Problems concerning fitness of aircrew, 229–31
Rations in Pacific area, 230, 231
Reconnaissance flight in Fiji, 222
Recruitment of medical officers, 205, 206
Remedial treatment, 209
Repatriation from Pacific, 238, 239
Rotorua Convalescent Hospital, 218
School of Hygiene and Sanitation, Swanson, 208
Selection Committee, 211
Selection of aircrew, 225, 226
Servicing units, 223, 224
Sick and wounded sections, 218, 219

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Sick leave, 219
Sick parades, 221
Sickness in NZ, 217, 218
Sickness in Pacific, 235, 236, 237
Sick quarters, 217
SMA3 machine, 211, 212, 214, 215
Strengths during the war, 204
Strengths, medical officers, 205, 206
Survey of results of Medical Investigation Unit, 213
Tests for aircrew, 214, 215
Tours of duty, 224
Training of aircrew, 205
Training of medical officers, 206
USA hospitals in Pacific, 227
VAD, 207
Venereal disease, 221
WAAF medical orderlies, 207, 210

Alamein, 121
Alder Hay, 374
Alien medical students, 354, 359, 360
Altamura, 123, 126
Ambulance cars, 73, 90, 410
Ambulance trains, 280, 281, 282
American—

Casualties, 41, 42, 45, 49, 50, 53
Field dressings, 73
Forces in NZ, 288, 289
Forces in Tonga, 95, 96
Hospitals—

In Fiji, 100, 102
In New Caledonia, 30, 34
In New Zealand, 289
In Norfolk Island, 98
In Solomons, 63, 71
In Tonga, 95, 96, 97

Malaria experience in Pacific, 80, 81
Medical—

Depots, 62
Officers, 29, 33, 50
Organisation in Pacific, 30, 32
Supplies, 70, 71, 289
Units, liaison with, 32, 50, 70

Rations in Pacific, 27, 28
Troops admitted to NZ hospitals in Pacific, 41, 45, 70
Troops in Pacific, 20, 22, 24, 38, 56

Amputations—

In Kokkinia Hospital, Greece, 110
In NZ, 403, 404
In Pacific, 75, 76

Anaemia, nutritional, in New Caledonia, 28, 87
Anaesthesia in Pacific, 76
Analysis of wounded, Pacific campaign, 92, 93
Ankylostomiasis, 61, 84, 85
Anti-submarine flotilla, 169, 170
Anxiety neurosis in Fiji, 19
Aotea Quay Clearing Station, 382, 383, 384
Appeal Boards re military service, 351, 352
Appendices—

Comment on Ordnance equipment in Pacific, 67
Equipment carried by 7 Fd Amb at landing on Treasury Is., 64, 65, 66
Equipment of Field Surgical Unit in Pacific, 68, 69
Equipment of Logan Force in Pacific, 69
General scheme of evacuation of sick and wounded in NZ, 287
Hospital admissions: Army in NZ, 397
Instructions to Hospital Boards on care and treatment of Army sick and wounded (Dir-Gen Health), 395
Medical men in fighting force, 360, 361
Medical men in wholetime service, 361, 362
Medical officers in NZ, July 1942, 285, 286
Patients in civil hospitals, 396
Standard food parcels from different countries, 153
Statistics re medical boarding—

Areas, 348
Area pools, 349
Disabilities, 346, 347

War neurosis, 402

Ardmore, 213
Arming of medical personnel in Pacific, 45, 46
Army Dept., 304, 329, 355
Army Medical Boards, 330, 331
Army medical organisation in NZ, 243–306
Army requirement of medical personnel, 353, 354
Army responsibility for medical boarding, 322
18 Army Tps Coy, 34
Artificial limbs, 403, 404 Made in Germany, 148
Assault landings (medical arrangements for), 71, 72
Athens, 119, 129, 146
Auckland, 74, 160, 161, 167, 175, 176, 181, 187, 192, 205, 209, 218, 226, 265, 266, 279, 281, 288, 291, 325, 334, 335, 340, 358, 359, 371, 375, 383, 391, 396, 399, 403, 406, 416, 417
Australia, 263, 264, 330, 341, 417, 424
Australian—

Army VADs, 372
Forces in Norfolk Island, 98
5 Gen Hosp in Greece, 106, 107, 108 109, 110, 146
Hospital ships, 292, 293, 300, 306
Medical supplies, 71
PWs, repatriation of, 150
Staff, HS Oranje, 303, 304

Awapuni, 252, 283
Awatapu, 283
Bacteriology, 78, 80
Barahun, 57
Barakoma, 39
Barge evacuation in Solomons, 42, 73
Bari, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125
Bari PW hospital, 122, 123, 124

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Bari transit camp, 121, 122, 125
Base Camp reception hospital, New Caledonia, 25, 29
Batavia, 222, 303
Battalions, 2 NZEF (IP)—

29 Bn, 48
30 Bn, 40, 58, 59
34 Bn, 49, 95
35 Bn, 40, 42, 58
36 Bn, 48, 97
37 Bn, 40, 58

Battle casualties—

Army, 34, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 48, 49, 50, 51, 53, 54, 58, 59, 60, 62, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 91, 92, 93
Navy, 171, 172, 173, 182, 183

Battle of—

Beach Dressing Station (Mono Island), 50, 51, 52
Bedbugs—

In PW camps in Greece, 128
In Germany, 128

Bellona, HMS, 167
Benghazi, 123
Bergamo, 123, 124
Beri-beri—

In ex-PWs in NZ, 291, 292
In Salonika Transit Camp, 117

Blanche Harbour, 50
Blechhammer, 130, 142, 143
Blenheim, 208, 279
Blind ex-servicemen, 405 406, 407 Trust Board, 406, 407
Blood transfusion in Pacific, 43, 54, 76, 90
Board, Medical. See Medical Boards
Boguen, 25, 32, 33, 34, 35
Bologna, 123, 124
Bombay, 185, 186, 187, 300
Bomb casualties in Solomon Is., 42, 44, 45
Bomb protection in medical units, 43
Boots in Pacific, 61, 71
Bougainville, 50, 56, 58, 62, 74, 223, 235
Bouloupari, 24, 29, 36
Bourail, 24, 25, 28, 29, 33
Bradford tips in Solomons, 46
Brigades, 2 NZEF (IP)—

8th, 3, 4, 6, 7, 17, 37, 48, 50, 88, 95, 99
14th, 17, 37, 38–41, 46, 58

British—

Army, categorisation of recruits, 332
Hospital ships, 299
Medical Association, 350, 352, 354, 358, 415, 426, 427, 428, 429
Medical officers, in Germany, 135, 136, 138
Medical officers, Salonika camp, 116, 118
PWs in Crete, 112, 114

Brockenhurst, 374
Bryant House, Raglan, 381
Buka, 56
Bulldozers in Pacific, 71
Burnham Camp, 243, 246, 249, 258, 259, 260, 266, 273, 278, 279, 291, 326, 380, 390, 397
Burwood Hospital, 368, 381, 388, 389, 396
Cairo, 150
Camp in Fiji, 5, 6, 7
Camp hospitals—

For PWs, Germany, 134
For PWs, Lamsdorf, 127, 128, 129 Hygiene in, 127, 128, 129
In NZ, 248, 249, 250, 376, 377, 380
Medical organisation in NZ, 248, 249, 250, 251

Camp reception hospitals—

In Crete, 113, 114, 115
In New Caledonia, 25, 28, 29

Canada, 205, 207, 211, 212, 213, 220, 263, 264, 330, 341
Canada, Air Force training in, 205, 213, 220
Canea PW camp, 112, 113, 114, 115
Capua transit camp, 121
Carpenters in camps in NZ, 362
Caserta PW camp, 122, 123, 124
Cases presented to Mixed Medical Commission in Germany, 140, 141, 142
2 NZ Casualty Clearing Station, 21, 31, 33, 34, 37, 42, 51, 54, 62, 63, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78

Battle casualties at, 79, 83, 85, 96
Wellington, 339, 382, 383, 384

Casualties—

Aerodrome Unit, Malaya, 222
Caused on hospital ships, 292, 293, 300, 301, 304, 305, 306
In Corinth Hospital, 105, 106
In Kokkinia Hospital, 107, 109, 110, 111

Cerebro-spinal fever, 260

In Navy, 87

Ceylon, 185, 187, 188
Chemical supplies in NZ, 416, 417
Chemists in NZ, 317, 362, 363, 364
Chest wounds in Pacific, 75
China, 188, 290
Chiropodists, 362
Christchurch, 205, 209, 218, 265, 279, 281, 325, 335, 368, 371, 375, 381, 383, 386, 388, 396, 403, 404, 415, 416
Civil administration in NZ, 309–429
Civil—

Emergency arrangements in NZ, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415
Medical arrangements in NZ, 309–429
Nursing reserve, 369, 370

Classification of recruits, 344, 345, 348, 350
Climate—

Clothing of—

Pacific force, 71
PWs—

In Germany, 130
In Kokkinia, 109, 110

Cockroaches in NZ camps, 254
Code of instructions for medical boarding, 310, 312, 313, 317, 321, 322, 324, 332
Commercial Travellers and Warehousemen's Assn., 406
Committee of Imperial Defence (NZ), 309

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Compulsory—

Medical treatment, 333, 334, 335, 336
Military service, 323

Construction of camps in NZ, 282, 283
Consultants in NZ, 244
Contagious diseases hospitals in NZ, 249, 260, 261, 262
Convalescent—

Camp, Kokkinia, 107, 108
Depot—

Fiji, 9
2 NZEF (IP), 21, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 74
Tonga, 96

Depots in NZ, 273, 274, 283, 289, 290, 291, 379, 380
Hospitals, 376, 379, 381, 383, 404
Leave in NZ, 378, 382
Patients, 378, 379
Provision for ex-PWs in NZ, 290, 291, 292

Cooks in NZ, 362
Corinth, 105, 106, 107, 116, 117, 146
Cosel mixed hospital, 132, 135, 136, 139, 140, 142, 148
Crete, 107, 110, 112–15, 118, 121, 131, 158

Medical arrangements for PWs, 112, 113, 114, 115
Wounded evacuated to Athens, 114, 115

Curious Cove, 218
DDS, 275, 276, 311
Deaths—

Among troops in NZ, 262
At Salonika transit camp, PWs, 119
From drowning, PWs, 153
From sickness, PWs, 151
In camps in NZ, 262
In Kokkinia Hospital, Greece, 109, 110
In Navy, 182
In Pacific Force, 77, 91, 92
Other than sickness, PWs, 153

Defence Dept, 373, 378, 389
Delta, 208, 209, 217
Demobilisation—

Medical boards, 337, 338, 384
Of Pacific medical units in NZ, 87, 88, 89

Dengue fever—

In Fiji, 101
In Pacific, 26, 33, 35, 84

Dental—

Camp dental hospital in Pacific, 36
Facilities for PWs in Italy, 122
Maxillo-facial sections in Pacific, 36
Mobile Dental Unit—

In Greece, 108
In Pacific, 36, 138

Service—

In Navy, 164, 178, 179
Kokkinia Hospital, Greece, 108

Services—

In NZ, 275, 276
In Pacific, 36, 37
Sub-committee in NZ, 317
Treatment—

In NZ, 275, 276, 338
In PW hospitals in Germany, 138

Unit with Aerodrome Construction Unit, Malaya, 222

Dentists—

In NZ, 317
In Plastic Surgical units, 386
On medical boards in NZ, 310, 311

Dept of—

Health, 309, 310, 313, 318, 320, 321, 322, 325, 326, 330, 339, 357, 358, 362, 363, 364, 366, 369, 373, 375, 376, 378, 379, 381, 382, 383, 384, 388, 389, 390, 391, 392, 409, 411, 414, 424, 425, 427, 428
Health, responsibility for medical boarding, 321, 322

Deputy Director of Hygiene, 244
Destruction of Red Cross food parcels in Germany, 132
Devonport, 159, 160, 168, 175, 180, 181
DGMS, Army and Air, 309, 315, 319, 320, 321, 324, 326, 330, 331, 332, 334, 335, 336, 344, 350, 353, 354, 356, 357, 367, 372, 384, 385, 386, 387, 388, 389, 391, 399, 400, 401, 402, 403, 411, 423, 424
Diarrhoea in NZ camps, 259
Diet in Solomons, 46
Dietitians, 362
Director-General of Health, 309, 318, 319, 320, 324, 325, 335, 350, 351, 356, 378, 382, 385, 386, 387, 389, 390, 392, 395, 401, 411, 414, 416, 428
Director-General of Mental Hospitals, 326, 327, 389, 398, 399, 402
Director of Pharmacy, 317, 363, 364
Disabilities re categorisation, 332
Disabled Servicemen's Re-establishment League, 404, 405
Discipline in civilian hospitals, 373, 389, 390, 393
Diseases—

In Navy causing invaliding, 184
In NZ camps, 257–60
In PW camps in Germany, 151–3
Notifiable in NZ, 258–9

Distilled water in Nissan, 59
DMS (Air),